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When I learned of the proposal to boycott Israeli academics, I had sympathy with finding a way to express disapproval of Israeli policy but saw it as unproductive and easily labelled anti-Jewish. Instead, I wrote to an Israeli academic colleague suggesting we start a dialogue about our understanding of the Israeli-Palestian conflict. So far we have exchanged five increasingly intense and honest letters. I have learned an enormous amount and opened a communication which a boycott would have closed. I honour the response of my Israeli colleague and recommend this course of action to others.
Prof Peter ReasonUniversity of Bath